TI-1999-00970 Aliases CVE-1999-1020 GHSA-q937-qhpq-5w36

The installation of Novell Netware NDS 5.99 provides an unauthenticated client with Read…

MEDIUM 43Published 2001-09-12 · Updated 2024-08-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The installation of Novell Netware NDS 5.99 provides an unauthenticated client with Read access for the tree, which allows remote attackers to access sensitive information such as users, groups, and readable objects via CX.EXE and NLIST.EXE.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07134 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:4.1:::::::*	4.1	Vulnerable	Novell
cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:4.11:sp5b::::::	4.11 sp5b	Vulnerable	Novell

cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Novell
cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:4.11:sp5b:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.11 sp5b Vulnerable ·Novell

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-1020
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q937-qhpq-5w36

References

Other 1

19980918 NMRC Advisory - Default NDS Rights

TI-2010-03977 The xdrDecodeString function in XNFS.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 before SP8 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2010-02257 Stack-based buffer overflow in the CIFS.NLM driver in Netware SMB 1.0 for Novell Netware… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2010-03978 Stack-based buffer overflow in NWFTPD.NLM before 5.10.02 in the FTP server in Novell… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
TI-2005-02700 Unknown vulnerability in CIFS.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 SP2 and SP3, 5.1, and 6.0 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2004-02604 webadmin-apache.conf in Novell Web Manager of Novell NetWare 6.5 uses an uppercase Alias… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-1999-01035 Novell 5 and earlier, when running over IPX with a packet signature level less than 3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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